Mapping the University-to-Work Transition: A Bibliometric Analysis of Higher Education Research in South Africa | Chapter 1 | Information Management and Technology: The Proceedings of the 10 th International Conference on Business and Management Dynamics (ICBMD), Edition 1

South Africa exhibits high unemployment rates, similar to several other African countries. This adversely affects the graduates of the African higher education systems. Current research disparities entail the need for a concise demographical landscape of African graduates' impediments and the increasing high unemployment rate. The significance lies in the necessity to identify interventions that have the potential to reduce the unemployment rates of graduates, improving economic morale through employability. This study executed a detailed bibliometric analysis as a segment of a systematic literature review, responding to a call for enhanced higher education research in Africa relating to graduates and the labour market. The bibliometric analysis aimed to unravel and map the current outlook of literature on South African graduates and the labour market and provide recommendations for future research avenues. By searching the terms ‘university’ and ‘work’, a total of 2584 documents were extracted from the SCOPUS database and reviewed using VOSviewer. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and meta-analysis parameters were followed throughout the data collection process. The results revealed that several research avenues necessitate further inquiry to support and reduce university-to-work impediments. The findings highlight that future research should entail themes on employability, psychological outlooks, and work-integrated learning in higher education. This study contributes to the academic domain by encouraging future research scholars to minimise the knowledge gap essential to reducing a high graduate unemployment rate in developing economies. Thus, implications and recommendations arose for educational institutes and scholars to advance the body of knowledge in such a field.

 

Author (s) Details

 

Angela Pike-Bowles
Department of Business Management, University of Fort Hare, South Africa.

 

Juliet Townes
Department of Business Management, University of Fort Hare, South Africa.

 

Zikhona Dlaza
Department of Business Management, University of Fort Hare, South Africa.

 

Willie Chinyamurindi
Department of Business Management, University of Fort Hare, South Africa.

 

 

Please see the book here:- https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/mono/978-93-49238-37-4/CH1

Pathways of University Graduates and Undergraduates, and their Professional / Institutional Identity Factors: Impact on Both Cases from Two Empirical Researchs in Argentina | Chapter 6 | Research Highlights in Language, Literature and Education Vol. 9

 The  “judgment”  of the Quality of Universities occupies a central place in the governmental-educational timetable. However, although “statistics” had connection with the education and usage system abound, skilled are few “integrative” empirical cases, with roomy spatial and temporal inclusion, that show the quantitative factors and approximate dimensions that impact the courses of university students, in their levels of academy and occupational realization (objective and subjective) as well as in their private, professional and even institutional identity. Since 1994, me develops completing studies in this line. Two investigations are bestowed here, one accompanying graduates and the other individual, with students the one extend their studies. The objective search out describe and/or explain (all-inclusive level) and understand (qualitative level) the “reasons” or “insane-social processes” fundamental the “figures” of the educational system in allure articulation with the creative system guide quality. The adopted methods, sui generis, contains three levels of analysis – macro-social, institutional and individual micro in maintained interaction or response –, according to the author's hypothesis. In both research a different methods is use and different determinants are analyzed. The used methods are semi-organized survey, tests, interviews and lexicometric analysis. The results show which determinants have the greatest impact on two together samples in the level of university and work accomplishment, in their professional careers and in terms of similarity. Likewise, convergences and divergences of problems may be visualized in both groups. The study supplies elements to decision creators to introduce changes intentionally continuous improvement.

Author(s) Details:

Miriam Aparicio,
National Council of Scientific Research (CONICET), National University of Cuyo (UNCuyo), Mendoza, Argentina.

Please see the link here: https://stm.bookpi.org/RHLLE-V9/article/view/11944

Social-environmental Determinants of Graduates Innovativeness Development in Selected East Africa Countries | Chapter 13 | New Innovations in Economics, Business and Management Vol. 9

 In order to enhance global human development, a collaborative effort is essential to promote creativity outside the classroom. This research looked at the social and environmental factors that influence graduates' ability to innovate in a number of East African nations. The data was obtained once using a cross-sectional study approach. The data was examined descriptively using mean rankings and percents. The findings reveal that university and allied higher learning institutions are the most important innovation support determinants for graduates, followed by regional equipment providers. It was also shown that graduates who produced innovative ideas seldom preserve their ideas. As a result, graduates were unable to take use of their intellectual property copy rights and the accompanying acknowledged advantages of invention. It is stated that while there are a number of social environmental characteristics that assist graduates' creativity in east African nations, the majority of graduates do not take advantage of these chances for innovation growth. The capacity building and stakeholder engagement strategies should be implemented as soon as possible.

Author(S) Details

Paschal Banga Nade
The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Tanzania.

View Book:- https://stm.bookpi.org/NIEBM-V9/article/view/6892